Would these split cases worry you?

[Patrick Chadwick]

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Is it just the age of the ammo or poor quality brass?

Partially just the age of the brass. Can also be the result of mercury in primers. I have a very old case (Gras caliber for Vickers MG) that developed a neck split just sitting in the drawer, although it had been de-activated. Be glad that your antiques even fired! Athough over here, I suspect that those boxes would be worth more as decorative collectors items than the cartridges themselves.

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Partially just the age of the brass. Can also be the result of mercury in primers. I have a very old case (Gras caliber for Vickers MG) that developed a neck split just sitting in the drawer, although it had been de-activated. Be glad that your antiques even fired! Athough over here, I suspect that those boxes would be worth more as decorative collectors items than the cartridges themselves.

Yes i think you are correct, they are worth more as a collectors. But the devil made me do it. I just had to fire off some vintage 220 grain ammo.

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The bad part is that splits of that nature can damage the chamber via gas cutting, so continued use may make for hard extraction. BTW, don't forget to use water or water based solvent during bore cleaning. Rounds that old are almost invariably corrosive primed.

The chamber is what also concerns me

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The bad part is that splits of that nature can damage the chamber via gas cutting, so continued use may make for hard extraction. BTW, don't forget to use water or water based solvent during bore cleaning. Rounds that old are almost invariably corrosive primed.

my bad